Does Intravenous Lactated Ringer Solution Raise Measured Serum Lactate?
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Lactated Ringer's (LR) solution bolus is commonly administered in the emergency department
setting to seriously ill patients. It is also common to obtain blood samples to determine
serum lactate levels to aid in the assessment of the patient's degree of illness. This study
endeavors to determine if serum lactate levels are affected by LR fluid administration in
healthy adult individuals as compared to those who receive Normal Saline (NS). Healthy adult
volunteers will be used as subjects so that the illness of hospital patients does not
confound the results.